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28 October 2026A visit to the Frida Kahlo Exhibition on Wednesday 28th October 2026Visit
06 October 2026CARNATIONS, TULIPS AND HYCANINTHS: THE STORY OF TURKEY’S IZNIK CERAMICSLecture
24 September 2026TRIP ABROAD. The History & Chateaux of the Loire Valley 24th - 29th September 2026Visit
02 September 2026Visit to the Newlands Gallery in Petworth to see the Paula Rego exhibition on Wednesday 2nd September at 10.30am.Visit
01 September 2026FRIDA KAHLO AND DIEGO RIVERA: THE GOLDEN AGE OF MEXICAN PAINTINGLecture
07 July 2026THE SCOTTISH COLOURISTSLecture
02 June 2026POTS AND FROCKS – THE WORLD OF SIR GRAYSON PERRY FROM ESSEX PUNK POTTER TO SUPERSTAER NATIONAL TREASURELecture
05 May 2026RENAISSANCE ON THE LOIRELecture
28 April 2026Visit to Champs Hill to view The Newlyn School 1880-1940Visit
07 April 2026THE THREE GAME CHANGERS OF 19TH CENTURY OPERA: VERDI, WAGNER & PUCCINI Lecture
19 March 2026The Art of Art Deco - Art Deco around the world: Iconic Art Deco buildings - Tamara De Lempicka: The Epitome of Art Deco Portraiture. Three Lectures with LunchSpecial Event
03 March 2026MAKING SPORT: JANE AUSTEN AND THE ART OF SATIRELecture
03 February 2026THE MEN WHO MADE MENSWEARLecture
15 January 2026REMBRANDT: BOHEMEMIAN OR BUSINESSMAN, ROMANTIC OR REBEL THIS LECTURE IS ON ZOOM, PRICE £10Lecture
02 December 2025THECHRISTMAS STORY IN RENAISSANCE ARTLecture
13 November 2025Treasures of the Turf - Stubbs, the English Leonardo - Munnings. Three Lectures with LunchSpecial Event
04 November 2025THE HISTORY AND MATERIAL CULTURE OF AL-ANDALUS: ISLAM ON THE RISE Lecture
16 October 2025Pallant House Tour - Seeing Each OtherVisit
07 October 2025JOHN SINGER SARGENT- THE PRIVATE RADICALLecture
25 September 2025Visit to Farleys, the Sussex home of Lee Miller and Roland PenroseVisit
02 September 2025LEE MILLER'S WAR Lecture
01 July 2025THE GENIUS OF RENE LALIQUE (This is a change to the original programme)Lecture
03 June 2025‘DEBO’ - MITFORD, DUCHESS OF DEVONSHIRE & HOUSEWIFE 1920 – 2014Lecture
07 May 2025The Art, History and Palaces of Vienna and the Danube ValleyVisit
06 May 2025BRITAIN AS WORKSHOP OF THE WORLD. THE GREAT EXHIBITION OF 1851 AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUMLecture
01 April 2025SURREALIST WOMENLecture
27 March 2025Gilded America - Movers, Mansions, Museums, Masterpieces Special Event
04 March 2025THE ART OF THE STEAL – NAZI LOOTING DURING WORLD WAR IILecture
04 February 2025THE LIFE AND WORK OF PIERO DELLA FRANCESCA (c.1420-1492)Lecture
14 January 2025Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael - a visit to the Royal AcademyVisit
03 December 2024CHRISTMAS IN BACH’S LEIPZIG: THE CHRISTMAS ORATORIO OF 1734/5Lecture
14 November 2024A BIT OF A CARRY ONSpecial Event
05 November 2024THE ARCHITECTURE OF MUGHAL INDIA: PALACES, MOSQUES, GARDENS AND MAUSOLEUMSLecture
01 October 2024CLASH OF THE TITANS: MICHELANGELO AND HIS RIVALSLecture
03 September 2024FAKES & FORTUNES (OR HAVE I DISCOVERED A CONSTABLE IN MY ATTIC?!)Lecture
02 July 2024‘NOW YOU SEE IT. NOW YOU DON’T - THE ART OF VISUAL DECEPTION.’Lecture
04 June 2024THE ART OF THE CARTOONISTLecture
31 May 2024Visit to Woolbeding GardensVisit
10 May 2024Sicily Trip - May 2024Visit
07 May 2024MUSIC, MASONRY AND MANUSCRIPTS: AN INSPIRATIONAL JOURNEY THROUGH MEDIEVAL ENGLANDLecture
02 April 2024OPIUM - GREED - SEDUCTION - ARTLecture
14 March 2024THE COMPLETE POMPEII - A TERRIBLE TRAGEDY Special Event
05 March 2024BANKSY: FRAUD OR GENIUS?Lecture
06 February 2024BRUEGEL. THE SEASONS AND THE WORLDLecture
05 December 2023STRANGE VIRGINS AND QUIRKY SAINTS: INTRIGUING AND UNUSUAL ICONSLecture
16 November 2023THE ROMANOVS - TYRANTS AND MARTYRS OF IMPERIAL RUSSIASpecial Event
07 November 2023WILDE ABOUT OSCAR: FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS (& INFAMOUS)Lecture
03 October 2023A DECORATIVE ART. THE HISTORY OF WALLPAPERLecture
05 September 2023MANET, DEGAS AND BAUDELAIRE. PARIS, CITY OF MODERNITYLecture
04 July 2023The Mystery of Johannes Vermeer, Master of Light Colour and Harmony Lecture
06 June 2023Pierrot Heroes - the Evolution of British Seaside Entertainment. Lecture
08 May 2023Holland Trip - May 2023Visit
02 May 2023Sicily: Cultural CrossroadsLecture
27 April 2023CHINESE IMPERIAL COURT LIFE AND EXCEPTIONAL RULERS (QING DYNASTY 1644-1911) ‘Ruling with the Mandate of Heaven’ Special Event
04 April 2023Back Stage at Glynebourne Opera and Farleys - East SussexVisit
04 April 2023 A Magical Mystery Tour. The English Miniature from the Tudors to the VictoriansLecture
07 March 2023The History of the City of London; As Told Through its Stained GlassLecture
07 February 2023They Make No NoiseLecture
06 December 2022The White Mantle of Winter - Impressionist Painting of the SnowLecture
01 December 2022THE GOLDEN AGE OF SONG - IRVING BERLIN LECTURE WITH SUPPER AT LODSWORTH VILLAGE HALL - ONLY TWO TICKETS LEFT SO PLEASE CHECK WITH GAIL BEFORE MAKING BANK TRANSFERSpecial Event
01 November 2022How to Criticise the ArtsLecture
04 October 2022Sunken Treasures from the East: Tales of Chinese Shipwrecks – Porcelain Lecture
06 September 2022The Shakespeare of Dogs – LandseerLecture
05 July 2022CARVAGGIO: A REBEL WITH A CAUSELecture
16 June 2022FARLEYS AND STANDEN HOUSE - THIS VISIT HAS NOW BEEN CANCELLEDVisit
07 June 2022JENNIE CHURCHILL: WINSTON'S AMERICAN MOTHER - STYLE ICON OR AMBITION SEDUCTRESS? Lecture
19 May 2022THE WONDERS OF VERSAILLES - a lecture and lunch at Lodsworth Village HallSpecial Event
03 May 2022FASHION, FURY AND FEMINISM: WOMEN’S FIGHT FOR CHANGELecture
05 April 2022THE SILK ROAD: A TEXTILE JOURNEYLecture
01 March 2022UNDRESSING ANTIQUESLecture
01 February 2022THE SUBTLE SCIENCE AND EXACT ART OF COLOUR IN ENGLISH GARDEN DESIGNLecture
13 January 2022CHINESE IMPERIAL COURT LIFE AND EXCEPTIONAL RULERS (QING DYNASTY 1644-1911) ‘Ruling with the mandate of Heaven’. - POSTPONEDSpecial Event
07 December 2021A CORNUCOPIA OF CHRISTMAS CUSTOMSLecture
02 November 2021ART AND ARCHITECTURE: ESTRANGED BEDFELLOWSLecture
21 October 2021NEW YORK - SAIL, SWEAT, SPARKLE - a lecture and lunch at Lodsworth Village Hall Special Event
15 October 2021CHARLESTON, MONK’S HOUSE & BERWICK CHURCHVisit
05 October 2021PICASSO AND HIS WOMENLecture
07 September 2021MAD MEN AND ARTISTS - HOW THE ADVERTISING INDUSTRY EXPLOITED FINE ARTLecture
06 July 2021PEGGY GUGGENHEIMLecture
01 June 2021MIGHTY APHRODITE: GREEK SCULPTURE AND THE “FEMALE NUDE”Lecture
27 May 2021CHARLESTON – HOUSE AND GARDENVisit
04 May 2021CULTURAL EXPERIMENTS IN THE WEIMAR REPUBLICLecture
06 April 2021BORN OF THE LANDSCAPE: NORWEGIAN ARTS FROM STAVE CHURCHES TO SNOHETTALecture
11 March 2021NEW YORK – “SAIL, SWEAT & SPARKLE” - a Lecture with lunch at Lodsworth Village HallSpecial Event
02 March 2021FABER AND FABER – 99 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE IN COVER DESIGNLecture
02 February 2021EL GRECOLecture
01 December 2020THE SISTINE CEILING CRACKEDLecture
03 November 2020PROVENANCE MATTERS – THE MASS FAKING OF THE RUSSIAN AVANT GARDELecture
06 October 2020THE OTHER SIDE – COUNTER MEMORIALS – GERMANY’S POST-WW2 CULTURE OF APOLOGY AND ATONEMENTLecture
07 September 2020 HIGHCLERE CASTLE - POSTPONED UNTIL 2023Visit
01 September 2020GERTRUDE BELLLecture
07 July 2020UNDRESSING ANTIQUESLecture
02 June 2020SILK ROAD: A TEXTILE JOURNEYLecture
05 May 2020‘DEBO’ – MITFORD, CAVENDISH, DEVONSHIRE DUCHESS, HOUSEWIFE 1920-2014Lecture
04 May 2020WESTMINSTER ABBEYVisit
07 April 2020THE SISTINE CEILING CRACKEDLecture
05 March 2020A HISTORY OF THE MEDICI FAMILYSpecial Event
03 March 2020DAME ZAHA HADIDLecture
04 February 2020"EVERYTHING IS ART. EVERYTHING IS POLITICS" – AI WEI WEILecture
07 December 2019A BRIEF STORY OF WINESpecial Event
03 December 2019THE INVENTORS OF CHRISTMASLecture
20 November 2019WHITCHURCH SILK MILL AND BOMBAY SAPPHIRE DISTILLERYVisit
05 November 2019RUSSIA IN REVOLTLecture
01 October 2019TANTRUMS AND TIARASLecture
16 September 2019A Visit to the Palaces & Art of Bologna, Mantova, Ravenna, Padua & Ferrara Visit
03 September 2019SHACKLETON’S ENDURANCE EXPEDITIONLecture
02 July 2019THREE GREAT FAMILIES AND THEIR GARDENS: A HISTORY OF THE ASTORS, THE ROTHSCHILDS AND THE SACKVILLE WESTSLecture
04 June 2019THE WALLACE COLLECTION, THE FRICK COLLECTION AND THEIR CONNECTION WITH KNOLELecture
22 May 2019TATE BRITAIN: VINCENT VAN GOGH EXHIBITION Visit
07 May 2019THE ART AND CULTURE OF FIN-DE-SIECLE VIENNALecture
02 April 2019IN SEARCH OF LEOKADIYA KASHPEROVA (MUSICAL ADVENTURES IN RUSSIA)Lecture
21 March 2019FROM DOWNTON TO GATSBY (1890-1929) AND THE GLAMOUR YEARS (1929-1959)Special Event
05 March 2019Art in 19th Century Venice - 'Poets, Painters and Private Lives in Venice'Lecture
05 February 2019THE DAY PARLIAMENT BURNED DOWNLecture
08 December 2018ANTIQUE ANTICSSpecial Event
04 December 2018THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMASLecture
06 November 201813TH CENTURY CATHEDRALS AND THE ART OF POLITICSLecture
02 October 2018VICTORIAN FURNITURE – ‘WHY VICTORIA WAS NOT AMUSED’Lecture
04 September 2018THE QUEEN OF INSTRUMENTS: THE LUTE WITHIN OLD MASTER PAINTINGSLecture
25 July 2018ARUNDELLS AND SALISBURY CATHEDRALVisit
03 July 2018Glittering Prizes: Part II: The Mosaics of RavennaLecture
05 June 2018Fanny Mendelssohn "The Black Brow'd Cantor"Lecture
01 May 2018Great Photographs of the 20th CenturyLecture
18 April 2018ASHMOLEAN MUSEUMVisit
03 April 2018The Most Infamous Family in History: The BorgiasLecture
14 March 201820TH CENTURY THEATRESpecial Event
06 March 2018Paula RegoLecture
06 February 2018The Elgin Marbles: A History of MeaningLecture
05 December 2017A Dickens of a Christmas, and God Bless Us, EveryoneLecture
07 November 2017The Fascinating World of Playing CardsLecture
02 November 2017THE WORLD’S MOST EXPENSIVE ARTSpecial Event
03 October 2017The Fourth Crusade and the Sack of ConstantinopleLecture
27 September 2017SYON HOUSE AND GARDENVisit
05 September 2017The Cowdray Engravings & the Loss of the Mary Rose in the Battle of the Solent, July 1545Lecture
04 July 2017Glittering Prizes: Part 1: The Mosaics of RavennaLecture
14 June 2017VISIT TO STRATFIELD SAYEVisit
06 June 2017Building Design: Byzantine Skill, Romanesque Energy and Gothic GloryLecture
24 May 2017CITY GARDENS TOURVisit
02 May 2017Verdi and VictoriaLecture
04 April 2017AGM followed by The Habsburgs – Masters of the Catholic WhoreLecture
30 March 2017MYSTICAL TEMPLES AND MAGICAL SILKWEAVING - THE ART OF BURMA AND LAOSSpecial Event
07 March 2017The Extraordinary Life of Misia SertLecture
25 February 2017PURCELL CLUB TOUR OF WESTMINSTER ABBEYVisit
07 February 2017Fra Filippo LippiLecture
06 December 2016The Art of ChristmasLecture
03 November 2016VIVALDI IN VENICESpecial Event
01 November 2016What Really Happened on Easter IslandLecture
16 October 2016MAGICAL ANDALUCIA TRIPVisit
04 October 2016Thomas HeatherwickLecture
07 September 2016KINGS CROSS REGENERATION ... IT’S STILL ALL CHANGE!Visit
06 September 2016Coffee with the WittgensteinsLecture
25 July 2016VISIT TO PARHAM HOUSEVisit
05 July 2016The Siren SeaLecture
07 June 2016Sacred Spaces: Religious Buildings of the WorldLecture
03 May 2016The Jews in England ... and the East End of LondonLecture
05 April 2016Dollar Princesses: American women who married into the European aristocracy and whose wealth helped preserve houses and estates.Lecture
10 March 2016ROYAL COLLECTORS AND TREASURES FROM THE ROYAL COLLECTIONSpecial Event
01 March 2016Inn Signia - Pub Signs, the artwork and the stories behind their namesLecture
02 February 2016Marc Chagall: Art and ReligionLecture
01 January 2016NADFAS Sussex Area Study Series 2016Special Event
01 December 2015"Vorx of the Hart": Edward Lear's Paintings and WatercoloursLecture
18 November 2015ST.PETERSBURG:THE VENICE OF THE NORTHSpecial Event
03 November 2015Lucian Freud: "The paint is the person"Lecture
06 October 2015Archaeological Adventures in AlbaniaLecture
30 September 2015A GUIDED WALKING TOUR IN THE CITY OF LONDONVisit
01 September 2015The Forbidden City: the secrets of China's Imperial Palace & MuseumLecture
07 July 2015Travels in Rajasthan with Rudyard Kipling: Palaces and Temples, Monuments and Forts in the Land of KingsLecture
02 June 2015Urbino: The One-eyed Duke’s RenaissanceLecture
20 May 2015GUIDED TOUR OF HATFIELD HOUSEVisit
05 May 2015Freemasonry, Knights Templar and Rosslyn ChapelLecture
07 April 2015Passions, Personalities and Patronage: the story of one family’s collecting at ChatsworthLecture
18 March 2015SIGNS AND SYMBOLS - THE HIDDEN MESSAGES IN PAINTINGSSpecial Event
03 March 2015Durham and St.CuthbertLecture
03 February 2015Houses and Gardens of CornwallLecture
02 December 2014Jewel of the Crown: The Sainte Chapelle in ParisLecture
04 November 2014Europe’s Best Kept Secret: Painted Monasteries of BulgariaLecture
23 October 2014THE MING DYNASTY; CHINA’S EMPIRE OF POWER, SPLENDOUR AND BRIGHTNESSSpecial Event
07 October 2014Whose God Is It Anyway: what Islam and Christianity have in commonLecture
29 September 2014VISIT TO TWO LIVERY COMPANIES OF THE CITY OF LONDONVisit
02 September 2014Augustus John and Gwen JohnLecture